The Householder is a 1960 novel by British-American Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. It follows a young man named Prem who has recently moved from the first stage of his life, a student, to the second stage of his life, a householder. The book is a bildungsroman, which is a story where the protagonist develops mind and character as he passes from childhood through various experiences usually through a spiritual crisis into maturity.
A film adaptation of The Householder was released in 1963, and Jhabvala started her career as a screenwriter by co-writing its screenplay with director James Ivory. It was also Ivory's directorial debut (not including documentary shorts) as well as his first collaboration with producer Ismail Merchant.The Householder overview at Merchant Ivory website
Characters Prem Indu, Prem's Wife Prem's mother Mr. Khanna, the principal of the college where Prem works as a teacher Mrs. Khanna Mr. Chaddha, the history teacher Mr. Sohan Lal, the math teacher Raj, Prem's high school friend Hans Loewe, Kitty, and Mohammed, white people living in India and their servant Mr. Seigal, Prem's landlord
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